Central & Georgetown Road Co. v. People ex rel. Taylor

Under chapter twenty-five of our Code of Civil Procedure, the district attorney of the first judicial district, in the name of the people, upon the relation of Prank M. Taylor, filed a civil complaint, and caused a summons to issue to the defendants in substantial compliance with the provisions of the Code.

The first question that presents itself for our consideration, is the validity of chapter twenty-five, which concerns “ Action s for the usurpation of an office or franchise.” The title of the Code (of which this chapter is part) is “ An act providing a system of procedure in emit actions…